It’s a Midwest showdown as Kansas City looks for their first series win of the season this afternoon against the Brewers in Milwaukee. The Royals won in a blowout Monday before their bats were silenced in a 5-0 loss yesterday to even the series.
Cole Ragans will make his second start of the season, looking to pick up his first win in today’s rubber match. Ragans wasn’t especially sharp on Opening Day, striking out just three batters despite racking up ten whiffs and surrendering three runs in five-plus innings of work (though one of those three came on a homer that Angel Zerpa allowed immediately after Ragans departed the game).